Electric Farming in Germany
Figures worked out in Germany indicate that the electrifications of crops on the farm will not be an expensive change, and it should soon become common if the practical increase in yield…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farming & the land, 1913
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Butterfly Farming. sAN American Woman Invents a New Occupation
Butterfly fanning is the latest profitable American industry invented by a woman. Miss McGlashan, of Truckee, California, has found a way of sending butterflies in little…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Women and Work. Sorrow, Sweating, and Strife. Australia, America, England and France Compared Wages and Work of Women "Hollow-ware" Workers Women on French Farms at Half-a-Crown a Day—Women "Pitching Hay" on American Farms—Curse of Child-Labor in Australia and America
A correspondent, who says that he is an immigrant well satished with having come to this country, sends us some cuttings from the new Labor daily newspaper published…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Butter Markets
Prescott, Ltd., reports, concerning the Australian and London butter markets:- Sydney.—The holidays seem to have upset the market, both in Australia and London, and, as a result,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lost Cattle Recovered
The hunt for the cattle which escaped from the Flemington sale yards on Friday has been very successful, and with the exception of one animal all have been recovered in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Straying Nuisance
Despite the efforts of the Warringah Shire Council and the Railway Commissioners to put a stop to the cattle-straying nuisance on the Manly-Collaroy tram lines, the trouble still…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Commercial. the Empire's Wheat
A new aspect to the advocacy of a duty on foreign wheat imported into England as a means of encouraging the import of wheat from the Dominions is given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Wool Sales. Buoyant Market
[?] took [?] the Royal Exchange [?] when two catalogues, [?] were offered—Goldsbrough…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The First Wheat Vessels From Sydney
It is rather a remarkable fact that Sydney should have the distinction of despatching this season the first steamer and the first sailing vessel from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales. (Continued form page 7.)
Dalgety and Company brought forward a good selection of wool from the late shearing districts the bulk being free form seed and burr. A moderate selection of scoured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Loading Mishap. Knocked Down by Motor Car
Herbert Gore (23), a wheat sampler, was working in the Darling Island railway yards about noon on Saturday, when the door of a wheat truck fell on his left leg. causing a About 1.25 on Saturday Alex. Dully (22) was alighting from a tram in King-street, when he was knocked down by a passing motor car. One of his shoulders and his left leg were injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool in Europe. Watching Overseas Sales. London, Sunday, 10.35 p.m
Advice has been received from Antwerp, Havre, and Roubaix stating that the wool operators are awaiting the results of the overseas sales as a guidance to the future…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Helping the Farmers System of Education. Scientific Study. London, Sunday Evening
The advances made by agriculture in Great Britain formed the keynote of a speech delivered at Darlington by Lord Lucas, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the Value of Clover
As we become a nation of small stockowners we shall probably give more attention to some of those crops that prove to be valuable contributors to the fodder supplies. There are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairying
BYRON BAY.—A meeting of dairy farmers, Councillor Armstrong presiding, was held for the purpose of forming a herd-testing association at Byron Bay. There was much…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer's Broken Contract
A case of interest to members of the farming community relative to the recovery of the deposit, under unusual circumstances, was recently decided in one of the Courts of the other States. Three farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Belgian Air-fleet. Twenty-four Farman Bi-planes. London, Monday, 12.5 a.m
It has been decided to equip the Belgian army with six aeroplane squadrons, each to consist of four machines. Farman biplanes will be used, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More American Farmers
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The State Immigration Department has received a cable from the Land Settlement Commissioner in the United States, stating that six more land-seekers with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Land. Farm and Station. the Wheat Crop. in the Riverina Districts. Xxii
The progress of the harvest in the Wagga district showed very contradictory results, aad good crops were found alongside very poor crops. While in some parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Butter Markets
The holidays seem to have upset the market, both in Australia and London, and as a result supplies have accumulated, and the market is easier. Local…
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